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Microsoft revealed in January that it's is bringing universal apps to the Xbox One, but the company didn't demonstrate how they would look and feel. That changed today at Mobile World Congress in......

Xubuntu, Kubuntu, Barney McGrubuntu, Cuthbert, GNOME and MATE Ubuntu 15.04 is here – almost. The first beta of Vivid Vervet has been delivered, and with it have come images of the penguin flock that nestles on this OS.…...

The DevOps focus on automation and coding is pushing its way into networks, making network engineers uneasy about learning new skills. But a closer look at the trend shows it's more about the scripting they already do....

Wacom has a habit of trotting out non-touch versions of its stylus-friendly tech first. The Cintiq 13HD arrived back in 2013, and one of my main gripes with the device was its lack of support for your fingertips. Well, the company finally announced t......

The Mobile World Congress 2015 is underway and smartphone manufacturer BlackBerry is receiving press over its decision to deploy BES12 into the cloud. BES12 is better known as the BlackBerry Enterprise Server version 12. You could consider this interface ...

Following hot on the heels of the D5500, Nikon has revealed yet another DSLR upgrade, this time in the form of a higher-end APS-C DSLR. The D7200 is an evolutionary rather than revolutionary upgrade to the D7100, but the 24-megapixel shooter still boasts ...

At Mobile World Congress this morning, Google's Sundar Pichai said that Titan, the drone company Google acquired in April of 2014, would be conducting is first test flight later this year. Google......

Nokia Networks and Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo are testing networks using extremely high frequencies that may someday deliver multi-gigabit speed to mobile devices.The companies technology trial is using 70GHz radios that today are about the size of a car...

Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi has today launched its first action camera. Aimed squarely at GoPro, it beats the Hero on specs and price--though it's not yet clear if you'll be able to buy one in the U.S.....

Middle Eastern terror group ISIS has apparently threatened the lives of Twitter's employees, as well as that of its chairman, Jack Dorsey. The threat was reportedly made as a response to the service's policy of blocking accounts that directly encoura......

Meanwhile EE scores with 400Mbps at Wembley MWC 2015 Qualcomm, Ericsson and Telstra are set to demonstrate a new tri-carrier LTE-A solution capable of delivering 600Mbps over mobile at this week's Mobile World Congress.…...

Late last week, Uber's Managing Counsel of Data Privacy Katherine Tassi has revealed that the company has suffered a data breach. One of its databases, which contains Uber drivers' names and their lic......

Samsung challenges Google, Apple on paymentsThe worlds biggest maker of Android phones launched a major challenge to Google Wallet on Sunday: its going to start a rival phone-based payment system beginning in the U.S. in the coming months. Samsung Pay wil...

We’re still going to make hardware, insists CEO MWC 2015 At Mobile World Congress, BlackBerry said it will port key client platform features – like its soft keyboard, Universal Search and Hub – to iPhone and Android, and also throw them into its enterpri...

Dropbox just scored a huge deal that will not only put its cloud storage in front of a lot of people, but help you safeguard your smartphone's data. The company has forged a partnership with Vodafone that both gives the carrier's Android and iPhone u......

Japanese mobile carrier NTT DoCoMo has developed an app that can wirelessly send authentication credentials to devices that are not connected to the Internet, allowing more hardware to get online or query the cloud.Potential applications of the technology...

Internet searches may be based on algorithmic rigour--but that doesn't necessarily guarantee the quality of a suggested page. Now, a team of Google researchers has developed a method that sorts results by factual content rather than how well linked a ...

As Techdirt has reported on the increasingly active world of commercial spyware, one name in particular has cropped up several times: Gamma, with its FinFisher suite of spyware products. In October last year, we reported that Privacy International had fil...

Chip makers NXP Semiconductors Freescale Semiconductor are to merge, creating a US$40 billion company that, they say, leads the market in automotive chips and general-purpose microcontrollers.The combined entity will have revenue of over $10 billion, much...

Hoping to appeal to casual smartphone snappers as well as more serious photographers, Apple has launched a new ad campaign highlighting the kind of images it's possible to get with its latest handset. The post Apple ad shows off stunning shots by iPhone s...

Indias ride-hailing app market is beginning to see signs of consolidation with the largest player, ANI Technologies Ola, acquiring a smaller rival for US$200 million.While SoftBank-backed Ola has over 100,000 vehicles on its platform across 67 cities, Tax...

We've missed you, Stephen Elop MWC 2015 Former Nokia CEO Stephen Elop emerged from cryogenic storage at Microsoft to announced two new phones and give a glimpse of mobile Office for Windows 10. But not a lot – more will be revealed at Microsoft’s develop...

At CES in January, Ford threw down its "Smart Mobility Plan" to make transport easier using a combination of cars and electric bikes. Today at MWC, it just revealed the actual "bike" part of that with its "Handle on Mobility" experiment consisting of......